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[snakebitten]

Type of cock bird that followed van in music hall song (6) - I - N - T

[Mamyalynne]

Linnet

[penelope2]

Linnet

[dazza89]

Linnet

[Mamyalynne]

Chorus[edit]
The chorus of the song is well-known.
My old man[2] said "Foller[3] the van,
And don't dilly dally[4] on the way".
Off went the van wiv me 'ome packed in it,
I followed on wiv me old cock linnet.[5]

[factor-fiction]

So the lyric wasn't "..with my old cockle in it (or init)"?

[Mamyalynne]

no

[snakebitten]

Thank you Mamyalynne, dazza89 and penelope2, and thanks for the expanation, was struggling with that.